As the rhetoric heats up, Russian missiles keep falling on Ukrainian cities, making it harder for life to return to normal. For Dorcas, who studied in the Eastern city of Sumy, it is time to move on.
Fight irregular migration, return and reintegrate migrants, create more legal pathways to the EU: The European Union set high goals with its Emergency Trust Fund for Africa. DW examines whether the EUTF achieved them.
After more than 2,000 migrants landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa over the weekend, various EU member states have reacted to the situation. Italy is calling once again for EU solidarity, but how would it be enacted and which member states will come forward to help?
The African Migration Observatory was inaugurated at the end of December 2020 and will begin work in February 2021. One of its main aims is to collect information to establish better migratory policies and invite a more balanced view of the topic on the continent.
A new document by the German government highlights strengths and weaknesses in ongoing EU efforts to evacuate migrants and refugees stranded in Libya. It focused in particular on recent initiatives to move migrants to Rwanda and Niger.
UNHCR reports that 123 vulnerable refugees have been transferred from Libya to Rwanda. About 3,740 refugees are still in Libyan detention centers.
Hundreds of refugees trapped in Libyan detention centers are to be evacuated to Rwanda, the UN has announced. A first group of 500 refugees and asylum seekers are expected to be transferred in the coming weeks.
The Norwegian Refugee Council is calling on countries of the African Union to fully enact the Kampala Convention to provide protection and assistance to internally displaced persons, following the African Union summit.